§ Mr. MAINWARINGasked the Minister of Health the equivalent of how many weeks unemployment assistance to a man and wife at 24s. per week is expended in payment of the poor rate per annum in each of the following areas, and assuming a house with a rateable value of £10 in each case: Rhondda, Pontypridd, Merthyr, Liverpool, Bournemouth, Brighton, and Westminster?
§ Sir K. WOODThe poor rate has ceased to be leviable, but on such estimate as is possible of the charge falling on rates in respect of public assistance in the year 1935–36, after making allowance for the block grants payable under the Local Government Act, 1929, the following statement gives the information desired.
Weeks. Rhondda 1.4 Pontypridd 1.5 Merthyr Tydfil 4.5 Liverpool 1.6 Bournemouth 0.3 Brighton 0.7 Westminster 0.8